Bougainvillea of Ben Tre

We loved Ben Tre--it is a small town on the Mekong Delta--just 2 hours south of HCMC. In hindsight, we could have stayed here for several days. We found it to be an excellent town to experience Vietnam and all of it's splendor...active markets with good prices, very friendly people, a superior traffic situation conducive to exploring by bike or motorbike, surprisingly good food at our Hotel-Kach San Huong Vuong, wonderful weather and fabulous exploring in bright sunshine, bougainvillea and whispering palms. Of course the tributaries of the Mekong bustle with boat traffic and the tour boats will take you along the canals as well. The network of bridges and the gestures and expressions of surprised locals seeing us there were amusing indeed. Our trip is winding down and our final blog will be from Ho Chi Minh City, a.k.a. "Saigon"-- of days gone by. BTM